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what is not true about what bill clinton says? bill clinton says it was president obama who gave the direction, gave the orders approved the next and end result? mission successful. thank the navy seals. thank the men and women of the cia, but you have got to include thank the men and women and president where george bush just talked and did not deliver. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this.
what is not true about what bill clinton says? bill clinton says it was president obama who gave the direction, gave the orders approved the next and end result? mission successful. thank the navy seals. thank the men and women of the cia, but you have got to include thank the men and women and president where george bush just talked and did not deliver. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a...
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and instead, what we ought to do is go back to the policies of bill clinton which brought us the eight most successful economically most successful years that we've had in modern times. tim, good to hear from you. let's take one more. michael is in jonesboro, georgia. hey, michael, good morning. >> caller: good morning, how you doing? >> bill: yes, sir, what's your take on this? >> caller: my take on it is that's a very stark distinction that mitt romney doesn't have what it takes to be ceo, commander in chief of the united states. if he can listen to rush limbaugh, sarah palin on decisions like this, he has no foreign policy experiences and not only that, this just goes to show also that this is the second time amongst many times that he's shown no compassion for the troops over in afghanistan. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: i pay homage to -- he didn't pay homage to them at the convention. right here yesterday, he should have more compassion for those souls that were lost. instead, he wants to double down because he is willing to say and do anything in order to try to achieve what hi
and instead, what we ought to do is go back to the policies of bill clinton which brought us the eight most successful economically most successful years that we've had in modern times. tim, good to hear from you. let's take one more. michael is in jonesboro, georgia. hey, michael, good morning. >> caller: good morning, how you doing? >> bill: yes, sir, what's your take on this? >> caller: my take on it is that's a very stark distinction that mitt romney doesn't have what it...
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. >> john: like bill clinton's second term. >> the opportunity for some compromise. the president, governor romney struck a tone of bipartisanship. but there wasn't a -- really within a week, that's gone. you had senator john mccain yesterday basically saying he has no trust in the president. no credibility of the administration's investigation. that really is a -- you know, a sign that we're back to the politics as usual of -- where politics is in washington now. every issue becomes politicized hyperpartisan. >> john: you know, zeke, i'm not a democrat. and i'm pulling my hair out over the fact that these democrats are not pushing back on the benghazi issue at all. i've never seen a terrorist attack exploited for political gain -- well, since they used 9-11 to go into iraq -- seeing how this attack that killed four americans has been exploited to try to tear down a president. to smear this president. after in 2001, we were told united we stand. get behind the commander in chief. now this tragic attack that left four americans dead is being used to smear pretty much
. >> john: like bill clinton's second term. >> the opportunity for some compromise. the president, governor romney struck a tone of bipartisanship. but there wasn't a -- really within a week, that's gone. you had senator john mccain yesterday basically saying he has no trust in the president. no credibility of the administration's investigation. that really is a -- you know, a sign that we're back to the politics as usual of -- where politics is in washington now. every issue...
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during the day, he went to saint andrews and played golf with bill clinton and terri mccall mccalliffe. peters that was a little bit more of a high-profile sunday than i had. >> bill: al good return. >> ron kirk, the u.s. trade ambassador. >> bill: a frequent golf partner with the president. >> we are learning more about what mitt romney has been up to including having a non-home-cooked thanksgiving dinner. he ordered in from boston market for the family saying there were too many kids running around to be cooking. >> peter: how the mighty have fallen. >> photographed pumping his gas since he has no entourage to the pump it for him. >> a sad story, nothing to do. >> peter: i don't feel that bad about it. hanging out with his car elevator taking rides. spiritists one of his many homes. >> the author of the hunger games trilogy is taking a break by writing a children's picture book an auto guy graphic piece about coping with her father's military service in vietnam as told through pictures. >> bill: all right, dan, thank you. all of the talk on the sunday shows yesterday and talk here in
during the day, he went to saint andrews and played golf with bill clinton and terri mccall mccalliffe. peters that was a little bit more of a high-profile sunday than i had. >> bill: al good return. >> ron kirk, the u.s. trade ambassador. >> bill: a frequent golf partner with the president. >> we are learning more about what mitt romney has been up to including having a non-home-cooked thanksgiving dinner. he ordered in from boston market for the family saying there...
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director and bill clinton would be named secretary of state. >> bill clinton. >> caller: yes. and if he's not interested, i nominate al gore. >> john: wow. >> caller: i feel like we need our a-team out there. and i think bill and al together could have a great adventure and -- >> bill and al's great adventure. >> caller: i feel susan rice's talents and background would so -- is desperately needed in the c.i.a. which has only been run by old white men. i think of course she would be well qualified as secretary of state. but i feel bill clinton and al gore are such tremendous assets that -- >> john: this is my favorite call of the day so far. i have to break it up. i'm not sure i'm with you as susan rice for c.i.a. i don't know what her law enforcement or espionage or counter terrorism credentials are. >> caller: well, being with the nsa, her background there. i mean how qualified was petraeus for c.i.a. head? i'm thinking she is -- an international expert but also it would diffuse the whole issue of the nomination for secretary of state, you know, all of this flak that has been
director and bill clinton would be named secretary of state. >> bill clinton. >> caller: yes. and if he's not interested, i nominate al gore. >> john: wow. >> caller: i feel like we need our a-team out there. and i think bill and al together could have a great adventure and -- >> bill and al's great adventure. >> caller: i feel susan rice's talents and background would so -- is desperately needed in the c.i.a. which has only been run by old white men. i think...
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so i think in both cases -- >> bill: bill clinton was up. >> i wasn't in the hall. here's what i do. you know this. we've talked about this before. you can't be in the hole and expect to see the same show that somebody else saw and you can't be in the filing center because you're being affected by grimaces and side comments so i sat in my hotel room for the one hour a night except for tuesday night. and watched it that way to make sure i was seeing what everybody at home was seeing. what i wrote about the clint eastwood thing, it was a little jarring. okay, a lot jarring. but i said i suspect this will play differently outside of the filing center here in tampa and it did. did it move the needle? i don't think so. again, it gave everybody something else to talk about that took the romney campaign out of its message which is at base what's happening day after day after day. they just can't get back on message. >> bill: rach gailen is a guest, republican strategist and the founder and editor in chief of mullings.com. excellent blog if you want to know -- i think some
so i think in both cases -- >> bill: bill clinton was up. >> i wasn't in the hall. here's what i do. you know this. we've talked about this before. you can't be in the hole and expect to see the same show that somebody else saw and you can't be in the filing center because you're being affected by grimaces and side comments so i sat in my hotel room for the one hour a night except for tuesday night. and watched it that way to make sure i was seeing what everybody at home was seeing....
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. >> bill: so bill clinton even weighed in yesterday in the middle of the clinton global initiative on the nfl refs controversy, so it was -- bill clinton, barack obama, paul ryan, mitt romney at some point % said something about it. finally something that all americans can agree on yeah except the stupid nfl owners. jim is calling from highland park, illinois. >> caller: hey, bill. i'm a great fan of yours. i say vote for [ inaudible ] against paul ryan, but mitt romney missed his opportunity to ask one of his football owner friends to fix the problem. >> bill: good point. he is the guy that identifies with the nfl owners not the players, right? >> caller: exactly. >> bill: good point. if anybody can get those guys together it is mitt romney. they are his buds. and dan snyder i mentioned him. he is giving a fund raiser for mitt romney at his house. there you go. joanne in phoenix, arizona. hi, joanne. >> caller: hi, bill. how is your son and your wife? >> bill: everybody is good why? >> caller: i'm glad to hear that. i remember seeing you years ago when you said that w came up to your
. >> bill: so bill clinton even weighed in yesterday in the middle of the clinton global initiative on the nfl refs controversy, so it was -- bill clinton, barack obama, paul ryan, mitt romney at some point % said something about it. finally something that all americans can agree on yeah except the stupid nfl owners. jim is calling from highland park, illinois. >> caller: hey, bill. i'm a great fan of yours. i say vote for [ inaudible ] against paul ryan, but mitt romney missed his...
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we're going to put this tax rate back up -- >> bill: right to where it was under bill clinton, and the economy soared. >> and obama won, and it's as if that didn't happen. >> bill: yeah. >> the wealthiest still benefit from the bush tax cuts. it's interesting that even though they are trying to sound conciliatory, they still are totally obstinate about the top rate. >> bill: but back to my point, which is that this is a con job, a shell job. >> yeah. >> bill: republicans have gotten religion over revenues and over the pledge and they really haven't when you look at it. let me suggest something else. this is really i know radical, okay. obama won, romney lost. why are we even having this discussion. >> it's interesting, their proposal will become income brackets where they are and just change the deductions. basically the romney campaign's tax -- [ technical difficulties ] >> bill: the mortgage interest deduction, right? health care, perhaps, child care. so republicans are really saying that we'll -- i hate to use this phrase, because it's almost cliche, but we will avoid the fiscal cli
we're going to put this tax rate back up -- >> bill: right to where it was under bill clinton, and the economy soared. >> and obama won, and it's as if that didn't happen. >> bill: yeah. >> the wealthiest still benefit from the bush tax cuts. it's interesting that even though they are trying to sound conciliatory, they still are totally obstinate about the top rate. >> bill: but back to my point, which is that this is a con job, a shell job. >> yeah. >>...
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>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the $87 billion before i voted against it. >>he bragged about voting for the $87 billion to support our troops before he voted against it. >>in this new media age a flip-flop ad is just a verbal gaff away. >>current tv's look at campaign ads that changed history is brought to you by pradaxa. i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and unlike warfarin,
>>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the...
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clinton as president. stan green berg, clinton polster and ed randel former governor of pennsylvania saying, you know what? the obama campaign strategy of attacking bain capital is unwise. democrats and obama ought to focus more on hezina chiefments and accomplishments and lay off. what was the reaction for the obama campaign? >> then they were a little bit -- they were pushing back on that a little bit but you are not seeing that right now. i mean they are using this for everything it's worth and they are going to continue to do it. and so i just don't see. i think theat was in the past where they focused grouped this. they see it's making the rounds doing well. people like it. you saw the president saying we are not going to apologize for any of this. you know, he has the right to know who mitt romney is and so, he's going to keep saying that. i think they are pretty strong in that message. >> very similar. i understand that, you know, for awhile, the obama campaign studied what happened to john kerry in
clinton as president. stan green berg, clinton polster and ed randel former governor of pennsylvania saying, you know what? the obama campaign strategy of attacking bain capital is unwise. democrats and obama ought to focus more on hezina chiefments and accomplishments and lay off. what was the reaction for the obama campaign? >> then they were a little bit -- they were pushing back on that a little bit but you are not seeing that right now. i mean they are using this for everything it's...
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when john kennedy was president when bill clinton was president. the copy machines were our best friends because that's how we put stuff together. those of us who have been around, we have taught through thick and thing. the the demean demonization. teachers have been lionized because they have to do more with less. our budget crisis also suggests when you have something like this last recession, you know, it doesn't just affect our schools. it affects people at home. half the country right now is within 200% of the pinched line poverty line. you have a responsibility to help embrace and help kids regardless of how they show up. so when -- so when you see thisvillefication rather thanvilification rather than, when you see politicians say it's the teachers' fault or the union's fault or this or that as opposed to how you work together to more andreas schlicker, and the ocd has done a lot. they have they run the international tests and things like that. he put it in an amazing way. we have an obligation to teach kids internationally. we have 20th cen
when john kennedy was president when bill clinton was president. the copy machines were our best friends because that's how we put stuff together. those of us who have been around, we have taught through thick and thing. the the demean demonization. teachers have been lionized because they have to do more with less. our budget crisis also suggests when you have something like this last recession, you know, it doesn't just affect our schools. it affects people at home. half the country right now...
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he had moved it from being a cabinet agency which it was under bill clinton down into the bowels of the then the commerce department i believe. because we didn't have a department of homeland security yet. and fema wasn't on the job. they didn't have the resources to be on the job. there it is. we remember that. it was -- it just brought disgrace to the bush administration. never really recovered from it. and that's what people are going to be -- it is the ghost the ghost of katrina and george w. bush now floating over this republican convention. but the third reason it is bad news is because over the last two years what have the republicans done? they have cut cut cut cut disaster relief spending, the very kind of relief that alabama and mississippi and louisiana and those states and those communities and the cities down there in the coastal plains need right now. it won't be available because of paul ryan and john boehner and eric canter and the republicans in congress. "the new york times" lays it out this morning. over the last two years 2010 to 2012, get this. the ryan budget resul
he had moved it from being a cabinet agency which it was under bill clinton down into the bowels of the then the commerce department i believe. because we didn't have a department of homeland security yet. and fema wasn't on the job. they didn't have the resources to be on the job. there it is. we remember that. it was -- it just brought disgrace to the bush administration. never really recovered from it. and that's what people are going to be -- it is the ghost the ghost of katrina and george...
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>> bill: big controversy you know. >> they're very socially responsible. >> all former president clinton wants to do is drive. ellen degeneres asked him yesterday what's the one -- [ laughter ] what's the one thing that he wants to do that he can't because of who he is and that is to get behind the wheel of a car. he says if he wanted to give up secret service protection, he could drive but a good second place for him he says is he makes them let him drive the golf carts whenever he plays golf. >> bill: yeah. that makes a difference, right? >> tomorrow afternoon the fastest two minutes in sports, the 138th running of the kentucky derby. post time at 6:28 p.m. eastern at churchill downs. 3-year-old thoroughbreds scheduled. if you want a chance to win big put your money on optimizer rousing sermon, done talking liaison. they're all going off at 50 to one. >> liaison. i wonder whose horse that one is. >> bill: john edwards? 11 minutes after the hour now. david shuster, so much to talk about. i'm sure you were up all night talking about osama bin laden's latest -- the release yesterday up at
>> bill: big controversy you know. >> they're very socially responsible. >> all former president clinton wants to do is drive. ellen degeneres asked him yesterday what's the one -- [ laughter ] what's the one thing that he wants to do that he can't because of who he is and that is to get behind the wheel of a car. he says if he wanted to give up secret service protection, he could drive but a good second place for him he says is he makes them let him drive the golf carts...
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this is the bill press show. >> this is atomic dog. >> by george clinton. >> i was thinking about all of the stuff i used to eat. what was it my grandmother said? you have to eat a peck of dirt as a kid. >> yeah. >> kids used to eat dirt. stuff they put in their mouth. >> you have never had dog? have you? >> to my knowledge. seriously, no. not to my knowledge. robert's calling. you have this whole thing about now romney i might have put my dog on top of my car but i didn't eat it. roberts calling from south carolina. robert, what do you say? >> good morning. >> good morning. >> on the subject of eating dog, here in the south, we have a saying for when you have to own up to something you have done wrong. they call it eating crow. i am thinking maybe the republicans will be eating crow on this. >> it may be time for mitt romney to eat a little crow. i have heard that phrase before. i thought you were going to go there about a squirrel or a opossum there. >> raccoons. >> i have known folks to eat those pots um-- possums but not me. >> time to eat crow for mit t romney romney. there is no
this is the bill press show. >> this is atomic dog. >> by george clinton. >> i was thinking about all of the stuff i used to eat. what was it my grandmother said? you have to eat a peck of dirt as a kid. >> yeah. >> kids used to eat dirt. stuff they put in their mouth. >> you have never had dog? have you? >> to my knowledge. seriously, no. not to my knowledge. robert's calling. you have this whole thing about now romney i might have put my dog on top of...
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current.com/bill press. we'll be right back. >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: yeah, well, what do you expect? it is a golf tournament held in the south so of course, a guy named bubba wins it. so much for the masters. what i want to know is why didn't ginny rometty the head of ibm at least show up and say augusta should allow people like her, women like her to join. big disappointment. good morning, everybody. it is monday, april 9th. good to see you today. this is the "bill press show" coming to you live coast-to-coast from our nation's capital, washington, d.c. our little radio factory book factory here located on capitol hill just six blocks from the united states capitol building. right in the heart of the action, when there is any
current.com/bill press. we'll be right back. >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: yeah, well, what do you expect? it is a golf tournament...
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we paid $579,000 for bill clinton's rent and we paid $830,000 for george w. bush's phone bill. he needs a better cell plan. >>> the rule emerged in 1958 back when harry truman couldn't pay his bills. the measure is obviously outdated now with former presidents raking in lots of money for speaking fees and other things. representative jason chav its of utah has supported a bipartisan bill that would get rid of reimbursement for any ex-president who makes over $400,000. >>> monique white, a minneapolis woman fighting to stay in her home may be able to celebrate a big win. she was foreclosed on by u.s. bank in january of 2011. she reached out to the occupy movement, in particular occupy our homes and after speaking at a shareholder's meeting and having support of the movement she has now finally gotten the opportunity to refinance. so that's how we make change, folks. we'll be right back. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block.
we paid $579,000 for bill clinton's rent and we paid $830,000 for george w. bush's phone bill. he needs a better cell plan. >>> the rule emerged in 1958 back when harry truman couldn't pay his bills. the measure is obviously outdated now with former presidents raking in lots of money for speaking fees and other things. representative jason chav its of utah has supported a bipartisan bill that would get rid of reimbursement for any ex-president who makes over $400,000. >>>...